Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda Says That Poke Ball Plus Has “Superior Rumble Functionality Over The Joy-Con”

Game Freak director Junichi Masuda recently took part in a Pokemon Let’s GO Pikachu/Eevee play session, where he commented about the rumble feature of Poke Ball Plus. Masuda said that the Poke Ball Plus “offers superior rumble functionality over the Joy-Con, even when comparing to the Joy-Con’s HD Rumble”. This “superior experience” is due to the “components that generate the vibration”.

Switch your thinking around. Instead of thinking it’s a joycon primarily, it’s a Pokemon Go/Let’s Go compatibility companion first and a supplementary controller for Let’s Go second as far as features go. You’re basically paying for a Pokemon Go Plus with Switch cross platform functionality and a free Legendary (Which are ironically commonplace in a respect). I’d argue that justifies the approx. 20USD it has over a vanilla Pokemon Go Plus in that light. That said, if anyone buys this mainly/exclusively as a switch controller for that matter, they’re not going to be getting the most out of it and should avoid purchasing it. In the end, unless you’re a PGO player, you’ll be just fine with a lone joycon.

I’m thinking about buying the bundle with the game and the pokeball. Buuuuut idk… I’m just not sure how comfortable playing with the pokeball would be. Hmm. I also want Mew. But I think it’s dumb that you have to buy the pokeball to get mew. -_-